Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
ऋषय ऊचुः । पाराशर्य मुने मान्यस्त्वमस्माकं महामते । यतो वेदास्त्वया व्यस्ताः पुराणान्यपि वेत्ति यत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | pārāśarya mune mānyastvamasmākaṃ mahāmate | yato vedāstvayā vyastāḥ purāṇānyapi vetti yat
رشیوں نے کہا: اے پاراشریہ مُنی، اے عظیم فہم والے! تم ہمارے درمیان قابلِ تعظیم ہو؛ کیونکہ ویدوں کی ترتیب تم ہی نے کی، اور پرانوں کا بھید بھی تم ہی جانتے ہو۔
Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa (Pārāśarya)
Scene: Sages rise and address Vyāsa with folded hands; palm-leaf manuscripts and Vedic bundles are visible; the mood is calm, respectful, and scholastic.
FAQs
It models dharmic humility: seekers honor authentic teachers rooted in Veda and Purāṇa before posing questions.
The implied setting is Naimiṣāraṇya, a famed tīrtha-forest for scriptural recitation and inquiry.
None; it is a formal address introducing the sages’ inquiry.